Jeff "Gamespot" Gerstmann Fired. WE LOVE YOU JEFF!

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#1 Tamarind_Face
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All of us here at Gamespot are gonna miss you.

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#2 wrlyy
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Yes, those are actually photographs.
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#4 Grasschomperpro
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They will definitely fire Jeff because of a Penny Arcade comic...:roll:
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#5 Tamarind_Face
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:lol:

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Why are you laughing?

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#6 DiscoBurn
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Great comic, but this doesn't mean anything.
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#7 shaza91
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Yes, those are actually photographs.wrlyy

IDK, I think the circles under the guy in the suit's eyes are shopped.

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#8 gnarlychar
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They will definitely fire Jeff because of a Penny Arcade comic...:roll:Grasschomperpro

Or penny arcade did a comic becuase Jeff was fired.

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#9 Tamarind_Face
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They will definitely fire Jeff because of a Penny Arcade comic...:roll:Grasschomperpro

Wow... how about analyzing the comic first.

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#10 Omni-Slash
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I haven't heard...but he should have been fired after that horrible review of LoZ TP.....I don't dissagree with the score....but his reasonings sounded like he hadn't played the game...
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#11 Boring_Bland
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Well, no. And i don't see how the comic translates to him being fired.
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#13 Moleculor
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The comic certainly implies that he's been fired.

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=3689682#post3689682

Gabriel (Gabe) from PA says it's true, and the news should be breaking soon. I have no reason to doubt PA's folk.

This is a shame. And I predict (easy prediction) Gamespot is going to get a LOT of flak for this.

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#14 Travo_basic
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Yes, those are actually photographs.wrlyy

Hilarious

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#15 Led_poison
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[QUOTE="Led_poison"]

:lol:

Tamarind_Face

Why are you laughing?

I wouldnt be surprised if this actually happend, i mean if you go to the gamespot homepage, it is a Kane and lynch skin the entire site thing.

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#16 Boring_Bland
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I haven't heard...but he should have been fired after that horrible review of LoZ TP.....I don't dissagree with the score....but his reasonings sounded like he hadn't played the game...Omni-Slash

Heck, the game got what it deserved. Get over it already....

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#19 Sonick54
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8764737&postcount=93

gaf seems to confirm it as well :?

It's apparently from some long time gamespot writter

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#21 Omni-Slash
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Heck, the game got what it deserved. Get over it already....

Boring_Bland

did you even read what I wrote?

I don't dissagree with the score....Omni-Slash
:|

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#22 Led_poison
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Whos gonna host On the Spot now?
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#23 nintendo_fan675
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Did you check his profile to see if it's true :?
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#25 Tamarind_Face
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I haven't heard...but he should have been fired after that horrible review of LoZ TP.....I don't dissagree with the score....but his reasonings sounded like he hadn't played the game...Omni-Slash

For a review he deserves to be fired?

WOW... Omni...

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#27 DiscoBurn
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Wow..this is actually starting to look like it's true. It's a shame really..
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#28 MarioFanatic
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NOOO Jeff Gerstmann is the only editor left on that site that i actually like. :(
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#29 Omni-Slash
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I dont care if a mod bans me... But you nintendo fanboys are ****ing sick. Somebody lost their job and you guys are freaking glad and laughing.

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it's got nothing about being a fanboy.....I brought up the last part because it was true....that review was horribly written....it's just the first one that came to my mind.....there are many others that I think are just as bad about him....somone losing their job is nothing to be celebrated...but sometiems it's deserved...whether this is even the case with this or not..that remains to be seen...
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#30 bretthorror
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Let's just say Jeff is fired, then any and I mean ANY amount of good reputation this site has has to be be shot. There's no way any of the GS fanboys could argue against it. On one hand, an anti-Nintendo reviewer is fired, but the fact that he gets fired for giving a game a review that he deemed fair and stuck with it almost makes me respects him.

Credibility of GS is shot and the bias is proven if this is the case. Every System Wars GS fanboy/fanmod (you know who you are) will be laughed at beyond belief. Now, normally I would say this is just a joke, but if GS was contacted and they got a no comment... that's pretty obvious right there. If he was still on staff, why would they say no comment?

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#31 shaza91
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I don't think I really know anyone on GS anymore :?
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#32 Omni-Slash
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For a review he deserves to be fired?

WOW... Omni...

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He's a reviewer.........it was one in a long list of reviews that were questionable.....if it was a patern..then yes....he deserves to be fired....jsut as I should be fired if I didn;t perform my job well...
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#33 gnarlychar
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[QUOTE="Tamarind_Face"]


I dont care if a mod bans me... But you nintendo fanboys are ****ing sick. Somebody lost their job and you guys are freaking glad and laughing.

Omni-Slash

it's got nothing about being a fanboy.....I brought up the last part because it was true....that review was horribly written....it's just the first one that came to my mind.....there are many others that I think are just as bad about him....somone losing their job is nothing to be celebrated...but sometiems it's deserved...whether this is even the case with this or not..that remains to be seen...

I love how you used elipses for punctiation there, Omni.

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#34 thriteenthmonke
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Good thing, you have pics, otherwise I wouldn't have believed it.
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#35 Boring_Bland
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[QUOTE="Boring_Bland"]

Heck, the game got what it deserved. Get over it already....

Omni-Slash

did you even read what I wrote?

I don't dissagree with the score....Omni-Slash
:|

You obviously have some problems with it.

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I dont care if a mod bans me... But you nintendo fanboys are ****ing sick. Somebody lost their job and you guys are freaking glad and laughing.

Tamarind_Face
I don't think I'm laughing
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#37 Robbie_IV
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Wow. Way to lose credibility GameSpot. :|
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#38 Omni-Slash
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You obviously have some problems with it.Boring_Bland
I did..with the review...not the meaningless number at the end.....
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#39 Omni-Slash
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Wow. Way to lose credibility GameSpot. :|Robbie_IV
I agree........as much as I didn't like his reviews.....the timing of the firing is incredibly suspect......
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#40 SpaceMoose
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Damn, some people get no privacy. That is royally stupid though if that is why he got fired. I will have to go elsewhere for game reviews if this is true.
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#41 gnarlychar
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Good thing, you have pics, otherwise I wouldn't have believed it.thriteenthmonke

Well, Slowtaku just reported it. I think it's a fact now.

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#42 GettingTired
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Looks like the fanboys finally got him. R.I.P.
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#43 PlasmaBeam44
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This better not be true.
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#44 SpaceMoose
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Wow. Way to lose credibility GameSpot. :|Robbie_IV

That's it. You're fired. Oh wait; you don't get paid to mod...

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#45 JFetch
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The problem is that he was supposedly fired because they wanted him to give a good score because they were advertising on GS. If that's true, then GS loses all credibility and are corporate shills.

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#46 Robbie_IV
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I'm seriously pissed about this. I should probably wait a day to react though.
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#47 Grasschomperpro
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That would be very upsetting if he got fired....over Kane & Lynch?? Really??? Does anyone other then Eidos give a **** that it got a 6.0?
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#49 dawgonu
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NOOO Jeff Gerstmann is the only editor left on that site that i actually like. :(MarioFanatic

I fill the same way. If they did let him go for game review then that's a load of **** and I hope the hole dam site gets closed down.

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#50 EnsignN7
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It's stuff like this that make me lose the VERY minute amount of respect that I even had for this website. It disgusts me that GameFAQs is forced to be related to such a dishonorable and pathetic excuse of sellouts that manage this website.